Sometimes it’s tricky determining whether someone is innocent or guilty, but other times it's just plain obvious. Especially when it involves clapping and missing an arm: it's rather difficult to applaud when you only have one hand to do it with.
That didn’t stop Belarus police from arresting a one-armed man for clapping during a protest. Konstantin Kaplin, an unemployed man from Grodno, was fined $200 for the offense. Kaplin said he was watching the demonstration and trying to film it when he was grabbed by police.
According to Kaplin the judge looked ashamed of herself when she levied the fine. Fining innocent single-limbed people for the most harmless crime imaginable was probably not what she went to law school for.
Seven months ago Belarus police also accused a deaf and mute man for shouting anti-government slogans. Arguably they might just be doing it for the lol of it.
If the man really did clap though, the police should be applauding instead of arresting him.
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